2009-10

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Assists students of exceptional academic achievement and scholarly promise for whom advanced study at the University of Cambridge would be particularly appropriate. The awards are based on intellectual ability, leadership capacity, and desire to use their knowledge to contribute to society throughout the world by providing service to their communities and applying their talents and knowledge to improve the lives of others.

Ryan Lash

Medieval Studies and Anthropology

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Seeks to build international cooperation as it increases mutual understanding between the people of the US and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge, and skills.

Study/Research Grant

Monica Grzesiak

German and English
Germany -- “Decadent Writers: New Ideas about Morality in the Work of Frank Wedekind and Stanislaw Przbyszewski"

Jenna Knapp

Anthropology, Peace Studies, and Catholic Social Tradition
El Salvador -- “Evaluating Peacebuilding Programs Through Salvadoran Prisoners' Experience

Catherine Stecyk

Biological Sciences and Italian
Ukraine -- “Positive Change in Post-Soviet Children’s Health Care through the Private Sector"

English Teaching Assistantship

Kate D'Ambrose

Program of Liberal Studies and German
Germany

Tracy Jennings

Classics, Anthropology, Public Policy
Turkey
- Declined

Hayley Mohr

Philosophy and German
Germany

Allison Thomas

English, Art History, and Latin American Studies
Spain

DAAD Study Scholarship

Funding for graduating seniors with a well-defined study or research project that makes study at universities in Germany essential.

Monica Grzesiak

German and English

Anthony Logan

History and German

National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowship in the Physical Sciences

Fellowship covers the first two or three years of graduate school, with the possibility of continuation for up to six years.

Bethany Herwaldt

Mathematics

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Provides funding for research-based study leading to a master’s or doctoral degree in science (including social sciences), technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Michael Hoffman

Political Science and Arabic

James Notwell

Computer Science

Eric Riedl

Mathematics and Music

Boren Scholarship

Provides support to undergraduates pursuing the study of languages and cultures currently underrepresented in study abroad programs and critical to national security.

Joseph Dufour

Arabic and Political Science
Egypt

Goldwater Scholarship

For outstanding sophomores and juniors who have exceptional potential and intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or engineering.

Jake Lussier

Computer Science

Shayna Sura

Environmental Science

Truman Scholarship

Provides college juniors who are committed to careers in government, the non-profit or advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in public service with the financial support for graduate study, leadership training and fellowship with other students who are committed to making a difference through public service.

Puja Parikh

Political Science and Psychology

Beth Simpson

Theology and Peace Studies